Dirty soda

Dirty soda is a drink consisting of soda "spiked" with cream and flavored syrups or fruit juices. The drink has been described as "alcohol-free mocktails with optional flavor, cream and fruit add-ins".[1]

The dirty soda became popular in the mountain states region of the United States in the 2010s,[2][3] and in the 2020s began to expand to a national consumer base. Dirty sodas are often sold at drive-through restaurants.[1]

Two Utah companies – Swig, based in the Salt Lake Valley and Sodalicious based in St. George,[4] – were engaged in a lawsuit over who owned the "dirty soda" concept; the suit ended in 2017 with both parties paying their own legal costs.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b D'Annunzio 2021.
  2. ^ Petersen 2021.
  3. ^ Taylor 2015.
  4. ^ Weisul 2018.
  5. ^ Whitehurst 2017.

Sources

  • Jeremy Pugh (August 9, 2021), "Utah field guide: Dirty soda", Salt Lake
  • Petersen, Victoria (December 6, 2021), "In the Mountain West, the 'Dirty' Soda Rush Is On", The New York Times, With locations now numbering in the hundreds, regional soda-shop chains are spreading far beyond Utah, where they first found
  • Taylor, Kate (December 1, 2015), "There's a 'dirty soda' war brewing in Utah as chains battle to become the Mormon Starbucks", Business Insider
  • D'Annunzio, Francesca (October 7, 2021), "Utah-based 'dirty soda' chain Swig will make its Texas debut in Collin County next year", The Dallas Morning News
  • Whitehurst, Lindsay (November 8, 2017), 'Dirty soda' Utah court battle ends with legal settlement, The Associated Press – via Salt Lake Tribune
  • Weisul, Kimberly (May 2018), "How This Entrepreneur Built and Sold Utah's 17-Store 'Dirty Soda' Empire", Inc.
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